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Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... around the world have already - Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia - or are prepared (markets expect the Fed cut interest rates by at least once this year) and governments stand ready to employ fiscal policies - Chinese President Xi has already pledged ...

Super tax concessions out of hand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... have themselves grown rapidly and look to soon cost taxpayers more than the aged pension itself." Grudnoff added such high rates of poverty in retirement are in part because so much of the taxpayer funding for retirement incomes "goes to high income ...

SG increase will hurt women: NFAW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... as an asset." The NFAW said the gender superannuation gap reflects the gender pay gap, which is influenced by lower pay rates as well as differences in women's work patterns. "Specifically women are more likely than men to take a career break or reduce ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... level since the GFC - as markets raised their bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would "need" to cut interest rates again soon... very soon, for this, Virginia, is as good as it gets. The other stats in the report showed that the unemployment ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... both monetary and fiscal policies have still to get ahead of the curve. The problem for the RBA is that the more it cut rates, the greater the sense that "something's really, truly wrong with the economy" among households - prompting them to save ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... their existing cover remains the same, with the certainty of automatic upgrades to benefits where it doesn't affect premium rates. We will continue to support our customers with the same high quality service that they have always experienced in the past," ...

Netwealth gains $9.5bn, reveals expansion plans

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... from advisers transitioning from institutionally aligned and owned licensees to privately owned licensees at unprecedented rates. "Advice delivery is changing as consumers demand different engagement and service options," Netwealth said. "Netwealth is ...

Costs spiral for baby boomers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... ownership costs have risen over the past year, with maintenance costs up 2.7%, water and sewerage charges up 2.9%, property rates up 2.5%, and fuel up 2.9%. Meanwhile, rent only rose 0.2% on average over the year. Not all state capitals suffered the ...

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... government debt-to-GDP ratio even higher (now at 238% of GDP) Worse, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) scope to lower interest rates has become limited or is no more. The BOJ discount rate was around 0.5% before the consumption tax was lifted from 3% to ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... ultimately increasing the cost of cover," VicSuper said. "We always work with our group life insurer to negotiate bulk insurance rates for our members. Because we're a profit-to-member fund, we don't pay profits or dividends to shareholders. This means ...